Citizens into dishonored felons : : felony disenfranchisement, honor, and rehabilitation in Germany, 1806-1933 / / Timon de Groot.

• Superior document: Studies in German history ; Volume 28
• Funder: German Historical Institute Washington
• VerfasserIn: De Groot, Timon,
• Author: German Historical Institute Washington
• Place / Publishing House: New York, New York : : Berghahn Books,, [2023]; ©2023
• Year of Publication: 2023
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in German history (Oxford University Press) ; Volume 28.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (294 pages) :; illustrations.

Over the course of its history, the German Empire increasingly withheld basic rights-such as joining the army, holding public office, and even voting-as a form of legal punishment. Dishonored offenders were often stigmatized in both formal and informal ways, as their convictions shaped how they were treated in prisons, their position in the labour market, and their access to rehabilitative resources. With a focus on Imperial Germany's criminal policies and their afterlives in the Weimar era, Citizens into Dishonored Felons demonstrates how criminal punishment was never solely a disciplinary measure, but that it reflected a national moral compass that authorities used to dictate the rights to citizenship, honour and trust.

Table of Contents

"Rights of Citizenship Are Conditional Rights": Disenfranchisement, Honor, and -- Trust in the Criminal Codes before German Unification -- Institutions of Honor: A Leveling Society Searching to Protect Its Institutions -- Political Offenders vs. Common Criminals: Challenging the Distinction -- "The Chain of Dishonor": Petitioning for Rehabilitation in Imperial Germany -- "The Blessing of the War": World War I as a Chance for Rehabilitation -- "Your Honor Is Not My Honor": Disenfranchisement and Rehabilitation as a -- Political Battleground from the War to the End of the Weimar Republic.